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Deirdre Costigan vs Blake Stephenson

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Blake Stephenson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 323 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 317 different votes 323 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
5 Aye 7 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
23 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
42 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
34 Aye 42 No
22 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
34 Aye 42 No
22 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

91.0 %
18 % above average
Rank 14 of 650
Participation
71.9 %
1 % below average
Rank 387 of 650
508
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
401
558 eligible divisions
264
52.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
182
45.4 % of votes cast
244
48.0 % of votes cast
No votes
219
54.6 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

17
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 650
Appearances
68
-2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 650
27
-97.8 vs Commons average
Rank 571 of 650
Contributions
91
-33.8 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£196,485
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£203,629
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13 % below average
Latest expenses
£203,629
10 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Work / Employment
31 of 37 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Tax
89 of 108 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
50 of 61 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Defence
27 of 33 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API